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San Cristóbal de las Casas (Spanish: [saŋkɾisˈtoβal de las ˈkasas] ⓘ), also known by its native Tzotzil name, Jovel (pronounced [xɤ̞ˈve̞l]), is a town and municipality located in the Central Highlands region of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It was the capital of the state until 1892, and is still considered the cultural capital of ...
San Cristóbal de las Casas Mexico: 158,027: 2010 2,194 m (7,198 ft) Santa Fe ... List of cities by elevation; References This page was last edited on 31 ...
The largest population center is San Cristobal de las Casas with 158, 000 inhabitants. This city is the regional economic and political center of the region. [10] San Cristobal or 'Jovel' (in Tsotsil) was founded in 1528 as "Ciudad Real" by Spanish conquerors as the capital of the province and the headquarters of Hispanic control in the highlands.
Highest elevation [5] ... that Chiapas was part of Mexico. In 1823, the Junta General de Gobierno was held and ... over the towns of San Cristobal de las Casas, ...
The city is located in a mountain valley at an elevation of 2,330 meters (7,640 feet) ... San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico [18] Santa Fe, Spain [20]
The first airline to operate at this airport was Aerocaribe in 1997 and 1998, offering flights to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, using a Cessna 402C Businessliner.The flight departed Tuxtla Gutiérrez at 12:30 and arrived in San Cristóbal de las Casas at 13:00, operating on Tuesdays and Thursdays initially and later from Monday to Friday.
The Lagunas de Montebello National Park is in the municipalities of La Trinitaria and La Independencia in southeastern Chiapas state, close to Guatemala.The nearest city is Comitán, an hour's drive to the west; the popular tourist city of San Cristóbal de las Casas is a further two more hours to the west.
Volcán de San Vicente [26] El Salvador: Sierra Madre de Chiapas: 2182 m 7,159 ft: 1562 m 5,125 ft: 90.3 km 56.1 mi 22 Volcán San Miguel [27] El Salvador: Sierra Madre de Chiapas: 2131 m 6,991 ft: 1831 m 6,007 ft: 64.1 km 39.8 mi